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What happened to the West Virginia Guard members near the White House?
One of the two West Virginia Guard members shot blocks from the White House Wednesday has died. NPR's Brian Mann has more on 20-year-old Sarah Beckstrom.
She was an Army specialist from Summersville, West Virginia. She joined the service in 2023. And speaking last night, President Trump described her as an incredible person in every single way. He made the announcement Beckstrom had died during a conference call with military leaders.
appears Brian Mann. The other guard member shot, 24-year-old Andrew Wolfe, remains in critical condition. The 29-year-old Afghan national suspect was also shot and is hospitalized. Officials say he worked with the CIA in Afghanistan before the U.S. pulled out of the country and then he came to America. He allegedly drove from Washington state to D.C. for the attack. There's no word on a motive. Meanwhile, Trump says his administration will work to permanently pause migration from what he calls third world countries. And here's Matt Bloom has more.
Trump didn't name any specific countries, but he claimed the pause would help fight crime and, quote, allow the U.S. system to fully recover. The announcement is one of several Trump made on immigration this week after the shooting of two National Guard members in Washington, D.C. The alleged gunman is an Afghan national who legally lived in the country for four years. Following the shooting, the U.S. stopped processing all immigration requests relating to Afghans. Trump has also ordered the review of all green card holders from a list of 19 countries his administration deems high risk. In his post, Trump said, quote, these goals will be pursued with the aim of a major reduction in illegal and disruptive populations.
Matt Bloom, NPR News.
Ukraine says it will continue to work with the American delegation on the revised peace plan elaborated alongside the Europeans in Geneva. NPR's Eleanor Beardsley reports Russia's commitment, though, is far from certain.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio's comments that the U.S. will discuss long-term security guarantees for Ukraine after a peace agreement is signed is another blow to Kyiv. Nevertheless, Ukraine says it is committed to the process. On Thursday, Russian President Vladimir Putin broke his silence about the plan. After vague words that it could serve as the basis for talks, Putin said hostilities would only end if Ukrainian troops withdrew from the territory. He was referring to Ukrainian land in the Donbass that Russia has been unable to fully conquer. If they don't, Putin added, Russia will seize the territory anyway. Ukrainians say Russia does not want to end the war and is simply buying time with the Trump administration.
Eleanor Beardsley, NPR News, Kyiv.
U.S. futures trading on Wall Street has been halted after a cooling issue at one of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange's data centers. You're listening to NPR News from Washington. The death toll from a fire at a public housing apartment complex in Hong Kong has risen to at least 128, with hundreds of others still unaccounted for. Dozens were injured, and that death toll is expected to rise. Firefighters are still working to put out burning embers from the fire that started on Wednesday. The towers were undergoing repairs, and three executives of the construction firm doing that work have been arrested on suspicion of manslaughter after investigators found that flammable construction material had been used to shroud the buildings.
It's the deadliest fire in Hong Kong since 1948, when nearly 200 people died in a warehouse blaze. Well, if you've ever wondered where household cats come from, a new study gives us the closest answer yet. NPR's Nate Rott has more.
The new study used ancient DNA from archaeological cat remains to find that domestic cats likely originated in North Africa thousands of years ago. Lead author Marco De Martino, a researcher at the University of Rome Tor Vergata, says what was most surprising to him was how recently cats moved from there.
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